Plow.



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Bc it known t-hat I, J 011x RAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Koran, in the parish of Bossier and State of Louisiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements 1n Plows, "of which the followingis a specification. l t

This i vention relates to im )rovements in plows, contemplating particuarly a novel construction`- of foot or standard and meansv for attachingthe same. to and bracing it from the beam, the'bracing means ,beingadjustably connected with thestandard for attachment thereto atdifferent blevations, so as to provide for the application to thestandard of the ordinary mold board and shaft, plow shovels ofdill'erent forms and other types of grouml-working implements.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a vertical longitudinal section on an enlarged scale through thebeam, bracket and standard. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the beamand standard.

`Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the beam of the plow having inits underside a recess 2, below which beam is disposed alongitudinallyextending bracket plate 3 having a rib or, projection 4 to fit wit-hinsaid recess, said bracket being secured at its ends to the beam by bolts5 and rovided in its under-i side with a central soc tet or recess 6.

' The standard 7 is longitudinally slotted or bilurcated to provide apair of spaced parallel arms S connected at their upper ends by a crosspiece or head 9 having a tongue 10 entering the socket 6 in the bracketand detachably secured therein by a transverse bolt 11, the tongue andsocket being of angular form in cross-section to hold the standardagainst any tendency to lateral movement. This construction provides forthe convenient application and removal of the standard, and allowsdifferent sizes of standards to be attached to the one bracket.

i specification or Letters Patent. l Application filed April 1Q, 1908.Serial. 110.426,328.

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Patented sept. 15, i908.

The lower ends or arms of the standard may be provided wlth one or moreopenmgs 12 for the passage of bolts to secure an ordi-v nary share andlandside to be att-ached thereto, or to permit application of plowshovels, sweeps and other land working devices of different styles ortypes, so that the plow may be em loyed for a variety of purposes. Abovetie openings 12 the arms of the standard are also provided with a seriesof openings 13 for the passage of a bolt 14, the openings in the twoarms being disposed in alinement at different elevations to pro vide forthe arrangement of the bolt 14 at dillerent points in the length of thestandard. A bracing link 15 is pivotally connected at its forward end tothe bolt 14 and extends rearwardly therefrom and has its rear end iittedwithin the slotted head or lower end of a rod 16, to which it ispivotally secured by a bolt 17. The upper end of the rod passes throughand has a threaded engagement with the standard and is secured theretoby upper and lower clamping bolts 18.

By the construction described, 1t will be understood that the standard 7is braced by the link15 and rod 16, and that by engaging therbolt 151with the ditl'erent sets of o enings 13A the forward end of the link maye connected with the standard at different elevations to enableground-working devices of di'li'erent types to be attached to thestandard, the link being adapted to. assume its different positionswithout disturbing the rod 16 by its pivotal connection with said rod.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1.In a plow, the combination of a beam, a bracket secured to the undersideof the beam and having a socket, a-standard having a tongue at its upperend fitted and secured within said socket, a rod secured to anddepending from the beam in rear of the stand-

